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DISABILITY AND ABUSE:OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO SAFETY
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DISABILITY AND ABUSE:OVERCOMING
BARRIERS TO SAFETY
AGREEMENTS
HAVE A GOOD TIME It is okay to have a good time. Creating a safe space is about coming together as a community, being mutually supportive, and enjoying each other's qualities.
RESPECT Give undivided attention
to the person who has the floor (permission to speak).
CONFIDENTIALITYWhat we share in this group will remain in this group.
DISCLOSURE We will be as open and honest as possible
without disclosing others' (family, neighbors, or friends) personal or private issues. It is okay to discuss situations, but we won't use names or other ID.
RIGHT TO PASS OR STEP OUT
It is always okay to pass (meaning "I'd rather not" or "I don't want to answer").
NON-JUDGEMENTAL APPROACH
We can disagree with another person's point of view without putting that person down.
SENSITIVITY TO DIVERSITY AND TRAUMA
We will remember that people in the group may differ in cultural background, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity or gender expression and will be careful about making insensitive or careless remarks.
ANONYMITY It is okay to email us any
questions that you feel uncomfortable asking aloud
WHO WE ARE
MISSION
VISION
VALUES
ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE
CREATING AN ABUSE FREE CULTURE FOR ALL
SAFETY, ACCOMMODATION, COMPASSION, INCLUSIVITY, FREEDOM
TYPES OF VICTIMIZATIONS WE SERVE
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
WHAT IS DISABILITY?
WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
WHAT IS POWER AND CONTROL?
HOW ARE VULNERABILITY AND DISABILITY RELATED?
HOW DO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DISABILITY INTERSECT?
HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
BREADTH OF DISABILITY
BREADTH OF DISABILITY
BREADTH OF DISABILITY
WHAT IS DISABILITY?
“A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE
ACTIVITIES OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL.”
- AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 (ADA)
WHAT IS ABLEISM?
“THE PRACTICES AND DOMINANT ATTITUDES IN SOCIETY THAT DEVALUE AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. A SET OF PRACTICES AND BELIEFS THAT ASSIGN INFERIOR VALUE OR WORTH TO PEOPLE
WHO HAVE DISABILITIES” -STOPABLEISM.ORG
HOW DOES DISABILITY OCCUR?
FROM BIRTHEX. CEREBRAL PALSY,
CYSTIC FIBROSIS, DOWN’S SYNDROME
FROM AN ILLNESSEX. HIV/AIDS, LYME DISEASE,
EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS
FROM AN ACCIDENT EX. BROKEN BONES, SPINAL
CORD INJURY
FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCEEX. TBI, PTSD, ANXIETY, BURNS,
BROKEN BONES
FROM AGINGEX. DEMENTIA, ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE, CANCER
TYPES OF DISABILITIES
SENSORY
PHYSICAL
HEALTH RELATED
COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENTAL
MENTAL HEALTH
INTELLECTUAL
PHYSICAL
IMPACTS A PERSON’S ABILITY TO MOVE FREELY, COORDINATE ACTIONS, OR
PERFORM PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
TYPES OF DISABILITIES: PHYSICAL
LOSS OF LIMBS, ARTHRITIS, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FOLLOWING SURGERY, SPINAL INJURY
SENSORY
IMPACTS THE SENSES
TYPES OF DISABILITIES: SENSORY
LOSS OF SIGHT, OR HEARING
HEALTH RELATED
CONDITIONS AFFECTING ONE OR MORE OF THE BODY’S SYSTEMS
TYPES OF DISABILITIES: HEALTH RELATED
CANCER, LUPUS, FIBROMYALGIA, DIABETES, EPILEPSY, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
COGNITIVE
A VARIETY OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING COGNITIVE ABILITY
TYPES OF DISABILITIES: COGNITIVEINTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, LEARNING
DISABILITIES, BRAIN INJURIES, DYSLEXIA, ADHD, DEMENTIA
DEVELOPMENTAL
A BROAD GROUP OF CONDITIONS THAT BEGIN DURING DEVELOPMENT AND USUALLY LAST
THROUGHOUT A PERSON’S LIFETIME.
TYPES OF DISABILITIES: DEVELOPMENTAL
AUTISM, DOWN’S SYNDROME, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (IDD)
MENTAL HEALTH
HEALTH CONDITIONS INVOLVING CHANGES IN THINKING, EMOTION, OR
BEHAVIOR
TYPES OF DISABILITIES: MENTAL HEALTH
DEPRESSION, SCHIZOPHRENIA, BIPOLAR DISORDER, ANXIETY DISORDERS
MEDICAL VS. SOCIAL MODEL
MEDICAL
SOCIAL
• FOCUSES ON A PERSON’S LIMITATIONS• TRIES TO REDUCE IMPAIRMENTS BY
USING TECHNOLOGY TO ADAPT THE PERSON TO SOCIETY
• HOW SOCIETY EITHER PURPOSELY OR INADVERTENTLY EXCLUDES PEOPLE, AND THIS EXCLUSION IS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN DISABLING A PERSON
SOCIAL MODEL
“In a nutshell, the social model says that though our impairments (our diagnostic, medical conditions) may limit us in some ways, it is the
inaccessibility of society that actually disables us and renders us unable to function. The most basic example is wheelchair accessibility. If I am using
my wheelchair and I can’t go to a restaurant because it doesn’t have a ramp, am I disabled by my cerebral palsy or am I disabled by the
inaccessibility of the restaurant?
If that restaurant has a ramp, I am able to function perfectly within that situation. I am able to go in, sit at a table, order my food, eat it, and pay,
just like everyone else. My wheelchair is not the problem. The inaccessibility of the restaurant is.”
- Cara Liebowitz, “I am Disabled: On Identity-First Versus People-First Language”
LANGUAGE
WHY DOES LANGUAGE MATTER?
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY
LOW VISION, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, BLIND
DEAF, deaf, HARD OF HEARING
ABLE BODIED, PERSON WITHOUT DISABILITIES
WHEELCHAIR USER, PERSON WHO USES A WHEELCHAIR
PERSON WITH AN INTELLECTUAL, COGNITIVE, OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
THE DISABLED
VISUALLY IMPAIRED, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
DEAF-MUTE, DEAF AND DUMB, HEARING IMPAIRED
NORMAL PERSON, HEALTHY, WHOLE
WHEELCHAIR BOUND, CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR
THE “R WORD”, MENTALLY DEFECTIVE, LEARNING DISABLED
DISABILITY FIRST PERSON FIRST
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ABUSE
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DISABILITY
POWERDomestic violence is an
escalating pattern of behaviors used by one partner to exert power
and control over another partner in an intimate
relationship.
&
CONTROLPhysical, Emotional, mental, financial, sexual, and cyber abuse. Domestic violence
always includes one partner attempting to gain and
maintain power and control over another.
DISABILITY CAN LEAD TO ABUSE, AND ABUSE CAN LEAD TO DISABILITY
DISABILITYDISABILITY
ABUSE
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
ARE 40% MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF
ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCEDURING THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WAR (2001-2012)
DURING THAT SAME PERIOD
6,838 TROOPS WERE KILLED
WOMEN WERE KILLED BY THEIR
PARTNERS15,462
INTIMIDATION
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CARE
GIV
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COERCION AND
THREATS
4/5 3/4 1/2
RAPES ARE NOT
REPORTED
PHYSICAL ASSAULTS ARE NOT
REPORTED
STALKINGSARE NOT
REPORTED
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY THE NUMBERS
MOST HOMELESS FAMILIESLEAVE THEIR HOMES DUE TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
43% 57%
OTHER REASONS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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ABUSE
ISO
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MINIMIZE,
JUSTIFY,
BLAME
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WHY DON’T PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING ABUSE JUST LEAVE THE SITUATION?
WHY DON’T THEY REPORT THE ABUSE?
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DISABILITY
POWER AND CONTROL WHEEL INTIMIDATION
EMO
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ABUSE
ISO
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MINIMIZE,
JUSTIFY,
BLAME
WITHHOLD, MISUSE, OR
DELAY NEEDED SUPPORT
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CARE
GIV
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COERCION AND
THREATS
INTERSECTIONALITY
INTERSECTIONALITYGENDER QUEER
AFRICAN AMERICAN
EXPERIENCING PTSD
POOR
HIV POSITIVEREFUGEE
LIVES IN RURAL COMMUNITY
BISEXUAL
60 YEARS OLDINTERSEX
BARRIERS TO ACCESSING SERVICES
INSTITUTIONALATTITUDINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMUNICATING 101
OFFER ASSISTANCE BEFORE PROVIDING
ASSISTANCE
A PERSON’S PERSONAL SPACE INCLUDES THEIR MOBILITY AIDS, NEVER TOUCH OR MOVE THEM
WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION
COMMUNICATE AT EYE LEVEL
PHYSICAL VISUAL
AFTER ASKING FOR PERMISSION YOU MAY
GUIDE A PERSON, OFFERING THE USE OF
YOUR ARM
HEARING
IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TAP THEM ON THE
SHOULDER OR WAVE TO GET THEIR ATTENTION
SPEAK IN YOUR REGULAR TONE OF
VOICE
USE PATIENCE AND DO NOT SPEAK FOR THEM
SPEECH
INTELLECTUAL
USE CONCRETE RATHER THAN ABSTRACT
LANGUAGE
ADULTS WITH ID, ARE ADULTS TREAT THEM AS
SUCH
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)
LOSS OF COORDINATION
UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
COMBATIVENESS, ANXIETY, AND
AGITATION
EXTREME CONFUSION
DILATION OF ONE OR
BOTH PUPILS
SEIZURES OR CONVULSION
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
HEADACHE THAT
PERSISTS OR
WORSENS
NUMBNESS OR
WEAKNESS IN THE
FINGERS OR TOES
INABILITY TO
AWAKEN FROM SLEEP
COMA
SLURRED SPEECH
TBI AND PTSD OVERLAP
• HEADACHES• DIZZINESS• NAUSEA• SENSITIVITY TO
LIGHT AND SOUND
• VISION CHANGES• IMPULSIVITY
• FEARFULNESS• FLASHBACKS• NIGHTMARES• AVOIDANCE• NUMBNESS• SELF
DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
• FATIGUE• INSOMNIA• TROUBLE WITH
MEMORY AND ATTENTION
• DEPRESSION• ANXIETY• IRRITABILITY
TBI PTSD
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
WHAT IS DISABILITY?
WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
WHAT IS POWER AND CONTROL?
HOW ARE VULNERABILITY AND DISABILITY RELATED?
HOW DO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DISABILITY INTERSECT?
HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
[email protected] P: 303.839.5510 ext. 103 F: 303.957.1958
CASEY BEYERSHE, HER, HERS
[email protected] P: 303.839.5510 ext. 104 F: 303.957.1958
MADISSON BEDNARKSHE, HER, HERS
EMMA MARTINSHE, HER, HERS
[email protected] P: 303.839.5510 ext. 105 F: 303.957.1958
PROGRAM DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR VICTIM ADVOCATE
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